The Government has admitted that the Covid-19 unemployment payment scheme is "not sustainable in the long term" and will have to be fizzled-out.
But as of yet there has been no definitive date as to when this payment will be decreased or stopped.
Almost 600,000 people are currently on the income support scheme, although that number will start to drop in the coming weeks as construction gets going again.
Here's all we know so far on how long the current scheme could potentially last:
When is it currently scheduled to end?
At the moment the payment, which began on March 16, is set to last until the June 19.
It had originally been scheduled to end on May 9,but in the roadmap for re-opening the country, this was changed.
Will they cut everyone off on June 19th?
Minister Regina Doherty assured people out of work they will be looked after and there will be no "falling off a cliff" moment.
The Government, in truth, has not yet decided what they will do with the payment or when it will end, but another 'roadmap' on the topic will be published shortly.
A spokesperson said: "These measures were a rapid response to the crisis, providing immediate income support to people affected and their families, at a very high cost to the Exchequer.
"These costs will not be sustainable over the longer term. The Government is extending the emergency measures taken in relation to Illness Benefit and the waiver of waiting days for jobseeker payments, which were due to finish on the 9th of May, until 19th of June.
"Between now and the end of May, the Government will be developing a roadmap for future labour market measures as we move towards a path of normalising the emergency interventions taken to date.
"This will take account of decisions to re-open certain sectors, the need to support people back into jobs as they become available as well as structural changes in the labour market."
Finance Minister Paschal Donohoe on why they need to change it
Mr Donohoe said: "The Government will make a decision on it soon.
"The reason why we need to be careful is two-fold.
"The first one is they're working by keeping people in a job, or if you have lost your job, they're helping with our citizens cope with a huge change in living standards that nobody was expecting.
"The second reason why we have to take care with the future [of the payments] is because of the cost.
"They're costing hundreds of millions of euro per week, and what I and the Government aim to do is change those payments in a way that is affordable and which also makes sense for our citizens."
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